Malipiero - The String Quartets: Complete Edition | Dynamic CDS7976

Malipiero - The String Quartets: Complete Edition

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Label: Dynamic

Cat No: CDS7976

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 20th January 2023

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The eight string quartets that Malipiero wrote between 1920 and 1964 constitute a major body of Italian chamber music and reflect his successive musical affiliations. The first two form a linked unit and espouse his radical anti-Romanticism in the early 1920s. Nos. 3 and 4 share structural similarities and act as a kind of laboratory for his symphonies of the time. Quartet no.5 was inspired by Malipiero’s theatrical work, whilst no.6 explores a new-found narrative dimension. With the two late quartets Malipiero moves into a world of chromaticism, where tone-colour freedom reaches the apex of imagination and achievement.

‘The Quartetto d’Archi di Venezia have obviously devoted much care and affection in preparing their performances of Malipiero’s string quartets. Their readings are beautifully shaped, with an evident regard for the music and are given a warm recording.’ – MusicWeb International

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